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ARMENIAN GOVT HAS NOT RECEIVED OFFICIAL INVITATION TO JOIN EURASIAN UNION -PM
ITAR-TASS
September 13, 2012 Thursday 12:57 AM GMT+4
Russia
The government of Armenia has not received any official invitation
to participate in the Eurasian Union, Prime Minister President Tigran
Sargsyan said.
"It is not clear yet in what format the Eurasian Union will operate,
and what instruments and documents will be created," he said.
The future of the Eurasian Union is under discussion, and Armenia is
participating in these discussions, the prime minister said.
"If there are documents specifying what the Eurasian Union will be
like, we will discuss our membership in it," he added.
"Armenia is interested to participate in integration processes with
the Eurasian Union and the European Union, but it would be wrong to
juxtapose them," Sargsyan said.
"Statements by the Russian political authorities coincide with our
position: Eurasian integration cannot be set against integration
processes in the EU," he said.
At a meeting with Russian Federation Council Chairperson Valentina
Matviyenko in July 2012, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan did not
rule out participation in other European bodies as well.
In the autumn, the Armenian parliament will debate ratification of
the CIS free trade zone agreement and the agreement on military bases
in the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
Matviyenko also noted the issue of Eurasian integration. "We could
discuss this issue between the parliaments in order to find a way to
engage Armenia ion these processes harmoniously," she said.
She stressed that Eurasian integration "does not contradict European
integration" and said that although Eurasian integration is Russia's
foreign policy priority, the European Union accounts for 50 percent
of its foreign trade turnover.
The Eurasian Economic Community consists of Russia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Armenia is an observer.
A new comprehensive Eurasian Union treaty is expected to be signed
by January 1, 2015.
ITAR-TASS
September 13, 2012 Thursday 12:57 AM GMT+4
Russia
The government of Armenia has not received any official invitation
to participate in the Eurasian Union, Prime Minister President Tigran
Sargsyan said.
"It is not clear yet in what format the Eurasian Union will operate,
and what instruments and documents will be created," he said.
The future of the Eurasian Union is under discussion, and Armenia is
participating in these discussions, the prime minister said.
"If there are documents specifying what the Eurasian Union will be
like, we will discuss our membership in it," he added.
"Armenia is interested to participate in integration processes with
the Eurasian Union and the European Union, but it would be wrong to
juxtapose them," Sargsyan said.
"Statements by the Russian political authorities coincide with our
position: Eurasian integration cannot be set against integration
processes in the EU," he said.
At a meeting with Russian Federation Council Chairperson Valentina
Matviyenko in July 2012, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan did not
rule out participation in other European bodies as well.
In the autumn, the Armenian parliament will debate ratification of
the CIS free trade zone agreement and the agreement on military bases
in the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
Matviyenko also noted the issue of Eurasian integration. "We could
discuss this issue between the parliaments in order to find a way to
engage Armenia ion these processes harmoniously," she said.
She stressed that Eurasian integration "does not contradict European
integration" and said that although Eurasian integration is Russia's
foreign policy priority, the European Union accounts for 50 percent
of its foreign trade turnover.
The Eurasian Economic Community consists of Russia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Armenia is an observer.
A new comprehensive Eurasian Union treaty is expected to be signed
by January 1, 2015.